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Miranda shook the mop and continued to swing it at Karen.

Karen held her head and ran toward the door. “I’m not done with you! That damned wisteria from your place has spread into my yard. I’m burning it all down tomorrow! It’s so annoying!” Karen yelled, then ran off as Miranda chased after her with the mop.

“Get lost! If you come back, I’ll hit you again!” Miranda called out.

After Miranda set down the mop, she sighed with relief. Just as she turned around, she saw Lionel’s serious expression. Her heart missed a beat.

After a moment, she hesitantly spoke up. “Sorry, Dad, I

“When did you learn to do that?” Lionel interrupted.

“Eh?” Miranda was confused.

“Like this…” Lionel mimicked her mop–swinging motion,

Miranda was at a loss for words.

“Ahem! A young lady like you should be more composed and graceful, not act like a shrew.”

now?” Miranda asked as she walked forward and put her arm around him. Lionel hesitated, then

our house really

Karen had filled it with dirt and planted vegetables, which she then watered with waste. The wisteria from their side of the yard had

always been generous, and Mindy disliked conflicts. They never brought up the land issue over

branches were blocking sunlight for her vegetables, so she pulled them all out,” Lionel said with a heavy sigh. “It really

realize how much her parents had endured in

about what they said…

all nonsense. They don’t know anything and are

eyes reddened

your mom later. She tends

replied with a

the second day of Christmas, it

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in the morning “Get up and

Anna Smith, had four children. Lionel was the third–born child, with two older

eldest uncle, Leonard Sutton, left school as a teenager to work on construction sites. After a few years, he started his own

lived in a villa, and drove a luxury car. In their small town, he was regarded